Due to @printf being a macro, it does not accept a format string that has been passed as a variable. myvec = randn(4) n = length(myvec) outstring = "Beginning of string with some numbers: " for i = 1:n outstring = outstring*"%-12.3g" end outstring = outstring*"\n" @printf(outstring, myvec...) I…

It’s been a long-standing issue and I hope it is resolved one day. I’ve been calling libc’s printf directly sometimes. In other situations, the definition print_formatted(fmt, args...) = @eval @printf($fmt, $(args...)) comes in handy but is very slow. You can get an idea of how performance is affe…

Printf with variable format string

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fatteneder May 22, 2023, 5:54pm 12

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Printf with variable format string

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